Fracture depression may be caused by the fracture itself, or it may be caused by local muscle atrophy.
1. The fracture itself: first of all, the fracture itself will cause the disruption of the integrity and continuity of the bone tissue, resulting in localized depression symptoms.
Secondly, some special types of fracture will also have obvious symptoms, such as depressed fracture of the skull, in which the inner and outer plates of the bone tissues will be broken, resulting in symptoms of depression, or compression fracture of the vertebral body, which will lead to the reduction of the height of the vertebral body, and may also have the symptoms of depression.
2. Muscle atrophy: After the fracture, whether it is fixed by conservative plaster or support, or by surgical cut-and-replace internal fixation, long time braking is needed.
Prolonged braking will lead to muscle not getting proper pulling stimulation, which will cause muscle atrophy. After muscle atrophy, localized depression may also occur, and usually the depression will gradually recover with the later rehabilitation training.
If the patient’s symptoms are not relieved, or accompanied by other symptoms, the patient should go to the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the cause and give targeted treatment.